High cost of chemotherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
Nobutaka TakahashiToshiyuki SekiKeita SasakiRyunosuke MachidaMitsuya IshikawaMayu YunokawaAyumu MatsuokaMasahiro KagabuSatoshi YamaguchiKengo HiranumaJunki OhnishiToyomi SatoPublished in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2024)
In this survey, >70% of patients with ovarian cancer were treated with regimens that included poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors or bevacizumab; ~50% of patients with cervical cancer were treated with regimens containing bevacizumab. These treatments were ~10 and ~20 times more expensive than conventional regimens, respectively. These findings can inform future health economics studies, particularly in assessing cost-effectiveness and related matters.